C.
Arming themselves with the mind of Christ for suffering
4:1-6
1 Pet. 4
:1
4:1
Since Christ therefore has
1asuffered in the flesh, you also
2barm yourselves with the
3same mind (because he who has
4suffered in the flesh has ceased from
csin),
1 Pet. 4
:2
4:2
1aNo longer to
blive the rest of the time in the flesh in the
clusts of men, but in the
dwill of God.
1 Pet. 4
:3
4:3
For the time which has passed is
asufficient for you to have carried out the
1desire of the
bGentiles, having gone on
2in licentiousness, lusts, debaucheries, carousings, drinking bouts, and lawless idolatries.
1 Pet. 4
:4
4:4
In this they think it
1strange that you are not
2running together with
them into the same
3flood of
adissoluteness,
4slandering you;
1 Pet. 4
:5
4:5
1Who will
2arender an account to
bHim who is ready to
3judge the living and the dead.
1 Pet. 4
:6
4:6
For unto this
end the gospel was announced also to
1those who are now dead, that they might be
2ajudged in the flesh according to men but live in the
3spirit according to God.
D.
As good stewards of the varied grace of God
4:7-11
1 Pet. 4
:7
4:7
But the
1end of all things has drawn
anear. Therefore
2be sober-minded and
3be bsober unto
cprayers.
1 Pet. 4
:8
4:8
Above all, have
afervent love among yourselves, because
blove ccovers a multitude of sins.
1 Pet. 4
:9
4:9
Be ahospitable to one another without
bmurmuring,
1 Pet. 4
:10
4:10
aEach one, as he has received a gift,
1ministering it among yourselves as good
bstewards of the
2varied cgrace of God.
1 Pet. 4
:11
4:11
If anyone speaks, as
speaking 1aoracles of God; if anyone ministers, as
ministering out of the strength which God
2bsupplies; that in all things God may be
cglorified 3through Jesus Christ,
dto whom is the
4glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.
E.
Rejoicing in sharing the sufferings of Christ
4:12-19
1 Pet. 4
:12
4:12
Beloved, do not think that the
1afiery ordeal among you, coming to you for a
2btrial, is
3strange, as if
it were a
3strange thing happening to you;
1 Pet. 4
:13
4:13
But inasmuch as you share in the
asufferings of Christ,
brejoice, so that also at the
crevelation of His glory you may rejoice
dexultingly.
1 Pet. 4
:14
4:14
If you are
areproached in the
1name of
bChrist, you are
cblessed, because
2the Spirit of glory and of God
3rests upon you.
1 Pet. 4
:15
4:15
For let none of you
asuffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a
1bmeddler into others' affairs;
1 Pet. 4
:16
4:16
But if as a
1aChristian, let him not be
bashamed, but let him
2cglorify God in this name.
1 Pet. 4
:17
4:17
For it is time for the
1ajudgment to
bbegin from the
2house of God; and if
cfirst from us,
3what will be the end of those who
4ddisobey the gospel of God?
1 Pet. 4
:18
4:18
And if the
1righteous man is
2saved only with difficulty, where will the
aungodly and the sinner
3appear?
1 Pet. 4
:19
4:19
So then let those
1also who
asuffer according to the
2bwill of God
3ccommit their
4souls in
5dwell-doing to a faithful
6eCreator.
